Senior Planning Engineer – Hospital Construction

SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., in Singapore, seeks an experienced Planning Engineer to support planning and project-control activities for a major hospital development project.

You will assist in preparing and maintaining project programmes, monitor construction progress, and prepare accurate progress and schedule reports. Responsibilities include updating schedules, coordinating with site teams and subcontractors, and producing project-control reports.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant construction planning or project-control experience.
• Experience in hospital or healthcare construction projects preferred/required depending on project requirements.
• Proficient in planning, scheduling, progress monitoring and project controls.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or other planning and scheduling software.
• Ability to prepare and update construction programmes and schedules.
• Good understanding of critical path analysis, progress measurement, resource planning and schedule recovery.
• Experience working with subcontractor programmes and progress updates.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of delay analysis and extension-of-time assessment an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing, maintaining, and updating the project master programme and detailed construction schedules.
• Monitor actual construction progress against the approved project programme.
• Collect and verify progress information from Site Engineers, Site Supervisors, subcontractors, and project teams.
• Update project schedules and prepare weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Monitor project milestones, critical activities, interfaces, and potential schedule delays.
• Assist in identifying critical path activities and programme constraints.
• Analyze planned versus actual progress and highlight areas requiring corrective action.
• Assist in preparing recovery programmes and mitigation plans for delayed activities.
• Review subcontractor programmes and progress updates and incorporate relevant information into the overall project programme.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, and subcontractor teams to obtain accurate planning information.
• Prepare progress charts, S-curves, manpower histograms, look-ahead programmes, and other project-control reports.
• Assist in monitoring manpower, materials, equipment, and resource requirements against project schedules.
• Attend site coordination and progress meetings and record planning-related actions and requirements.
• Conduct site visits to verify actual physical progress and construction activities.
• Assist in preparing schedule information for variations, extension-of-time submissions, and delay analysis.
• Maintain proper records of programme updates, progress reports, milestones, delays, and recovery measures.
• Assist in coordinating planning activities for testing, commissioning, handover, and defect rectification.
• Prepare presentations and reports for project management and senior management.
• Support the Planning Manager in monitoring overall project performance.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Planning Manager, Construction Manager, or Project Manager.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical aptitude

Communication skills

Coordination

Detail-oriented

Independent

Education

Bachelor/Diploma in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

AutoCAD

Job description

SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., in Singapore, seeks an experienced Planning Engineer to support planning and project-control activities for a major hospital development project.

You will assist in preparing and maintaining project programmes, monitor construction progress, and prepare accurate progress and schedule reports. Responsibilities include updating schedules, coordinating with site teams and subcontractors, and producing project-control reports.